FT Washington bureau chief, previously Rome. Grateful marrow transplant recipient.
@skirchy
's husband, father of cute boy and girl. Romanista! All views my own
In CNN interview Harris also attacks the "hypocrisy" of those cheering the reversal of Roe v Wade while opposing policies that help young families and kids, like the child tax credit, child care subsidies, paid family leave, universal pre-K....
“This is a bill that reflects President Biden’s belief that the best way to get the economy back on track and get it growing is to invest in working people and middle class people,”-
@WHCommsDir
selling stimulus in the final stretch via
@financialtimes
“He’s a 70-ish-year-old man but speaks like a 7-year-old kid. We just can’t listen to what he says now": China has learned how to handle Trump
@annafifield
Joe Biden says Elizabeth Warren recommended Wally Adeyemo for deputy treasury secretary and backing Yellen for treasury - Warren didn't get the top job but certainly shaped his picks strongly
Biden administration officials defend cap gains tax increase, telling
@FT
it only affects a 0.3 % "sliver" of filers and much of that income is based on rent-seeking, so won't harm innovation via
@financialtimes
BREAKING: Following my April trade mission to South Korea, tonight I am announcing LG Energy Solutions and Hyundai will build a $4.3B, 3,000-job EV battery plant in Georgia.
"Biden has a deep sense of the hinge moment we are in. I think he understands the need to get it right for future generations" -
@ChrisMurphyCT
told me. Biden arrives in Brussels at 9pm local time, big day at Nato/G7/EU tomorrow - then on to Poland.
"We have seen the Russians begin to draw away from Kyiv. But we have little confidence at this stage that it marks some significant shift or a meaningful retreat," a US official told us.
So thrilled and grateful to take over as Washington bureau chief for the FT !! We have such a talented team of superb reporters and wonderful colleagues that I love working with ! Thanks to
@khalafroula
and
@SpiegelPeter
for your confidence in me and
@Dimi
for showing me the way!
Some personal news : I'm thrilled to say I'll soon be moving back to Washington, joining
@Dimi
and the great
@FT
team in DC in August as world trade editor. Will be sad to leave Rome after a wonderful 4 years, but very excited about the new adventure!
US ambassador to the UN
@LindaT_G
tells
@margbrennan
that she's not surprised by Putin's nuclear deterrence alert move, saying he has “tried everything possible to actually put fear in the world”.
Luciano Barra Caracciolo, a staunch critic of the euro and the EU who has claimed Italy's constitution is undermined by EU treaties, has been tapped to be PM Conte's main adviser on EU affairs
Salvini this morning denied wanting to leave the euro. Here's an interview I did with him in October 2016. “Everyone who votes for us will know that a Northern League government would get rid of the euro and move back to a national currency,"
“We knew it was coming. They said they were gonna do it, but yet when it happened, it was like cold water in the face. It was now real. And I think it scared people,” a Democratic official in Brighton, Michigan, told me about the overturning of Roe.
Georgia Dem senator
@ossoff
, who championed the solar incentives and the Korean investment, said it was a step towards ending the sector's dependence on Chinese supply chains
This is
@VP
Harris arriving in Charleston SC for a stop on her “fight for our freedoms” college tour. After coming off AF2 she gave her first remarks on Israel: she was “completely outraged” by Hamas attacks and vowed to give Israel what it needs “to defend itself”.
People close to Trump's Palm Beach fundraiser next week say he will bring in $33 million, eclipsing the big Biden event in NYC tonight with Obama and Clinton, with will raise more than $25 million via
@ft
US Treasury guidelines issued today warn that OFAC will use its "targetting authorities" to hit non-US banks that support Russian sanctions evasion, including through Mir
Western efforts will target individuals handling payments on behalf of Russians as well as businesses that have helped set up parallel payment networks for Moscow, report
@HenryJFoy
@Sam1Fleming
@JamesPoliti
and
@laurapitel
Since President Biden twice today cited the
@FT
as been among the earliest to have used the term "Bidenomics" I looked at our archives and found our first was this column by
@EdwardGLuce
in August 2020
"This is the business model for today’s Republican party: stoking outrage, creating fear and then exploiting that fear" -
@JoshuaChaffin
with a deep-dive into the Florida governor, who is weighing a 2024 presidential run
US Senate passes $95bn bill including aid for Ukraine after months of deadlock. Biden vows to sign it tomorrow and start delivering help to Kyiv later this week. Vote was 79-18. 15 Republicans and 3 Dems opposed it. via
@ft
Meanwhile, the League and Silvio Berlusconi don’t back the 5 Star Movement’s calls for impeaching Mattarella. What if the past 10 days were just a ploy to try and win an outright majority for the centre-right at the next election?
#Italy
After months of uncertainty, dwindling hope, and setbacks on the battlefield, the GOP-controlled House passes Ukraine aid - huge day on Capitol Hill
@LaurenFedor
and
@ChristopherJM
via
@ft
Very happy to say that
@colbyLsmith
will be joining the DC bureau of the
@FT
starting this week as US economics editor including coverage of the Fed ! Welcome to the team Colby !
@JakeSullivan46
tells
@KatrinaManson
: "America will stumble and fall and get knocked down on the mat, but what makes our country capable of great things is that we get back up again, and we learn from our mistakes and we self-correct"
via
@financialtimes
Giuseppe Conte declines to back EU united front against Trump on trade as well, says Italy will "carry a moderate position" and try to understand the roots of the conflict
Pelosi in letter to colleagues on BBB after Manchin walkout: "While it is disappointing that we may not have a law by the end of the year, we are hopeful that we will soon reach agreement so that this vital legislation can pass as soon as possible next year".
No big breakthrough from Putin-Biden call: senior US official says there has been "no fundamental change in the dynamic". But adds diplomatic path remains open and stakes are too high not to give Putin " every chance to avoid actions that we believe would be catastrophic"
And in Michigan, where I travelled in September for this
@FT
big read, Whitmer easily won re-election, the ballot measure to protect abortion rights passed, the state legislature flipped, and vulnerable Dem incumbents like
@ElissaSlotkin
survived.
Seehofer has invited Salvini to Berlin, as they develop a common proposal on the protection of "external borders", according to statement from the interior ministry. They spoke by phone and were "fully in tune" on immigration and security policy, the
@Viminale
said
Jake Sullivan says US is "prepared" to impose secondary sanctions on individuals and companies in third party jurisdictions helping Russia evade sanctions
Jim Clyburn dismisses concerns about Biden’s age in
@FT
interview this week with
@LaurenFedor
and
@AlecuRussell
: “They said the same about Ronald Reagan” .
US and EU on the verge of a big breakthrough in transatlantic trade relations on eve of Brussels summit - still waiting final approval from member states - FT SCOOP
UPDATE: China tries but fails to torpedo US bid to host 2026 G20. "All I can say the communique is done, the reference to the United States as the host of 2026 is part of it, and China has agreed that... and we’re gratified by that” -
@JakeSullivan46
Sullivan: Russian invasion "is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality. A subsequent grounded nation would involve the onslaught of a massive force. with virtually no notice"
Janet Yellen starts her confirmation hearing for Treasury by recalling her childhood in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and how she got an early glimpse of economic hardship. Here's her story: via
@financialtimes
Powell is reluctant to comment on the US election, either directly or indirectly. But he notes: "It is a good time to step back and let the institutions of our democracy do their jobs"
NEW from the
@FT
: Boris Lvin, an aide to the Russian board member at the WB, has resigned, told the FT the decision involved “rather little sacrifice on my side, especially compared to what currently endure people in Ukraine and brave protesters in Russia"
Italy's controversial EU minister Paolo Savona speaking at a book presentation at the foreign press center in Rome
@Stampa_Estera
- live stream here on its Facebook page
Good news alert from the
@FT
DC team ! Am thrilled to say
@LaurenFedor
is appointed deputy bureau chief and
@Aime_Williams
is starting a new role covering climate policy here in Washington. Congrats to both!
Russian oil imports should be stopped. Our domestic supply is sufficient. U.S. oil companies need to join the effort and cease business with Putin-controlled Russian oil companies.
A week on the Trump trade beat: On Mon, China/US slap more tariffs on each other, and markets tanks. On Wed, Trump goes nuclear on Huawei. Meanwhile, GOP gets restless with his endless trade wars, and by Friday, there's trade peace with Can/Mex and a reprieve for EU/Japan.
“I’m here to offer my opinion, to meet with anyone who wants to talk to me about it” -
@felschwartz
and
@LaurenFedor
on Cameron's US lobbying for Ukraine aid
via
@ft
Breaking from the G20 finance ministers call: Yellen withdraws US insistence on "safe harbor" stumbling block to global deal on digital tax via
@financialtimes
White House NSC on British warning of Putin's plans for pro-Russia govt in Ukraine: “This kind of plotting is deeply concerning. The Ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future, and we stand with our democratically-elected partners in Ukraine".
"They have mental health problems. They have domestic disputes in other countries. They have people who are lost. But these kinds of mass shootings never happen with the kind of frequency that they happen in America. Why?"
Italy's foreign ministry said it is expelling two Russian diplomats based in Rome and they are expected to leave within a week. The decision was taken "in solidarity with the UK and in coordination with EU partners and Nato allies"